英文摘要 |
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by a new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and has become an urgent medical problem needed to be resolved all over the world. The core value of this article was to integrate relevant research on Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine (WM), and analyzed as well as explored the role that TCM can play by the theory of TCM. The thematic discussion about COVID-19 was mainly based on the recently published research literature. The article started from the general description of epidemiology, virology, clinical symptoms and WM treatment. Then, we discussed the viewpoint of TCM on COVID-19 and inferred the etiology and pathogenesis according to the severity of the progress of COVID-19 and the transmission of Wei, Qi, Ying, and Xue. In addition, we took advantage of modern medical research to strengthen the above paragraph. We described Wei as part of the immune response in the early stage, Qi as part of struggling between the vital energy and the pathogenic factor to reach the peak of immunity, Ying as part of vascular endothelial dysfunction and Xue as part of blood coagulation disorder such as thrombosis or diffuse intravascular coagulation (DIC). Finally, on the basis of evidence-based literature, we discussed the prescriptions of TCM. The mild and moderate stages of the disease could be defined as Wei and Qi, which could be prescribed Yin Qiao San, Sang Ju Yin or Ma Xing Gan Shi Tang. In the critical stage of the disease which could be defined as Ying and Xue, we could use An Gong Niu Huang Wan, Sheng Mai San or Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang for adjuvant therapy. It is expected that the cooperation between TCM and WM will help to improve the therapeutic effect and the prognosis of COVID-19. |